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J ENNIE P. DUVAL, OF RICHMOND, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 490,341, dated January24, 1893.

Application filed July 16, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JENNIE P. DUVAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of Ray and State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new, useful, and valuable Improvementin Lunch-Boxes,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has relation to lunch boxes adapted to be carriedonexcursions and other festive occasions and constructed in such manneras to keep the contents in a good state of preservation and alsoeconomizing the spaces inside the box.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a perspective view of the boxready for transportation. Fig. 2, is a plan view of the inside of thetop of the box. Fig. 3, is a plan View of the inside of the body of thebox. Fig 4, is a perspective view of the diaphragm or horizontalpartition of the box. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the body of thebox the top being removed. Fig. 6, isa transverse sectional view of thebody of the box the top being removed. Fig. 7, is a longitudinal sectional view of the body of thebox the top being removed. Fig. 8, is aplan View of the bottom of the body of the box.

My invention is described as follows:The body 1, has attached to each ofits outer four sides a flap 2. Said flaps are hinged at their loweredges to the body of the box and the perpendicular edges of said flapsare connected by the strips of fabric 3, to the edges of the body of thebox; thereby forming pockets between said flaps and box. In said pocketscan be carried napkins, towels or any other fiat articles that may bedesired.

There is a pocket on each of the four sides of the body of the box; andsaid pockets may be held together at their upper edges by a clasp 4.(See Fig. 5.)

The interior of the body of the box is provided with the perpendicularpartitions 5 and 6. (See Fig. 7.) The partition 5, at one end of the boxextends from the bottom to about the middle of the box and is lodgedbetween the corner pockets 7, which extend from the bottom to the top ofthe box. These corner pockets 7, are adapted to carry bottles containingpickles, preserves or other like substance.

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The partition 6, extends from the bottom of the box the same distance aspartition 5, and forms the compartment 8, the partition 5, forms thecompartment 9, and between the two partitions is the compartment 10. Thehorizontal partition 11, is adapted to rest on the tops of theperpendicular partitions 5, and 6; and the compartments 8, 9, and 10,are adapted to carry the soft articles of food which are liable to bemashed. The partition protecting them from the Weight of the articles offood placed in the upper part of the box. The soft articles of food mayconsist of soft fruit, cakes &c. The compartment 12, which is in theupper part of the box is adapted to carry sandwiches and the heavyarticles of food However the arrangement of the food in the box isimmaterial as the soft food might be carrried in the compartment 12, andthe heavy food below; the packer using his own judgement.

The top ofthe box is fitted on its inside with the knife, fork, andspoon rack as shown in Fig, 2 this top is adapted to fit over the bodyof the box and is secured thereto by straps in any suitable manner.

The ouside of the top of the box is provided with a handle 13, by whichthe box is carried. The top of the box is also provided with theventilatin g perforations 14, which are covered with netting or wirecloth. The horizontal partition 11 is also provided with nettedventilating perforations as shown in Fig. 4, and like-wise the bottom ofthe body of the box is provided with similar netted ventilatingperforations as shown in Fig. 8. These ventilat: ing perforations in thetop, bottom and horizontal partition of the box will admit of'the freepassage of the air and thereby keep the food fresh or prevent it fromgetting musty.

The bottom of the body of the box is pro vided with the feet 15, so thatwhen the box is placed on a smooth surface the bottom of the body of thebox will be elevated from the surface and thereby allow the air to getin under the box and pass through the ventilating perforations in thebottom of the box.

These boxes can be constructed of any suitable material such as canvas,tin, papiermach, or any other analogous material, or may be constructedof heavy paper and when the contents are taken out the box can be thrownaway.

Having described my invention what I claim is new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:-

1. A lunch box consisting of a body portion having 011 its bottomsuitable feet and having in its corners suitable vessel compartments andhaving a set of upper and lower compartments separated by the horizontaldiaphragm or partition, suitable netted perforations in the bottom ofthe body portion and suitable netted perforations in the horizontaldiaphragm or partition, and a suitable cover adapted to fit over saidbody portion and secured thereto in any suitable manner, said cover alsobeing provided in its top with suitable netted perforations therebypermitting a circulation of air to pass from beneath the box out throughthe top.

2. A lunch box consisting of a body portion having attached to each ofits outer four sides flaps 2, said flaps hinged at their lower edges tothe body of the box and the perpendicular edges of said flaps connectedby the strips of fabric 3, to the body of the box, thereby formiugpockets between said flaps and box, and a suitable top adapted to fitover the body of the box and being secured thereto in any suitablemanner.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- J ENNIE P. DUVAL.

Witnesses:

O. T. GARNER, J 1., FRANK P. DIVELBISS.

